Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Publish 9 Feedback: Loot Kits
Frenzi
Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:25 am
#248
Adhesives are going for 1-1.5m on Radiant server....im hoping this wasnt what the devs intended to happen, and if it isnt PLEASE FIX IT!. 
Bazalan
Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:48 pm
#249
I thought the loot kits were a fun addition until realizing some pieces are 300 times more rare than all the others. I have about 7 kits at 9/10 completion. All are missing adhesives. Some pieces I have up to 8 duplicates. A casual gamer will probably never complete one of these. This is the proverbial hunt for a needle in a hay stack. I feel sorry for the thousands of players who have 9/10 kits and can not afford the 2mil credit adhesives. It's absolutely retarded.
Pthalio
Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:36 am
#250
Adhesives need to drop more. I've done nothing but loot since the kits came out and not one adhesive. Its all i need for a minum of 3 of the 5 the other two i think i only need one other peice in addition to the adhesive, lots and lots of doubles of the ones i have. I'm not rich and i cant pay millions for the adhesives, but i collect and would really like the finished item to be attainable.
Kharrissa
Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:51 am
#251
"I feel sorry for the thousands of players who have 9/10 kits and can not afford the 2mil credit adhesives. It's absolutely retarded."
Heh. Standard feature for a SOE design. Of course, they did this on purpose. You guys that are asking if this is intentional have not been paying attention for the last year plus.
If you do not like it, fine, I do not like it either.
If you are surprised by it, then that is just pathetic.
Bazalan
Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:22 am
#252
Kharrissa wrote:If you are surprised by it, then that is just pathetic.
I'm not surprised, but if everyone and their mother doesn't complain then nothing will ever be done about it.
You have to admit it is retarded to implement these lopsided loot-kits when the devs have stated the database is overstressed. So myself like many others will have hundreds if not thousands eventually of these unusable loot kit parts filling up precious database space.
The other guess is they meant for them to be more rare but not as rare as they are. Heck I've got 5 or more +10 or better skill tapes since the kits went live.
dalice
Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:21 am
#253
I'm having the same propblem as everyone else it seems. I have looted enough parts to make the blue and orange rug three times over, minus the adhesive! (plus I am sure I have filled my inventory with junk loot as well at least a few times). I don't consider myself a power gamer, but I do hunt and loot a LOT, and even for a full bloody month I havent come across one adhesive yet...
Cailet - Master Doctor - Bria
Kharrissa
Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:33 pm
#254
"I'm not surprised, but if everyone and their mother doesn't complain then nothing will ever be done about it. "
I see what you are saying, but they might not do anything about it anyway.
Hard to figure their agenda some times.
Aadyeniel
Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:34 am
#256
Personally, I've found that this game has gone downhill somewhat. I too have loot kits that lack 1 or two items and cannot finish them no matter how many things I slaughter and how many hours I play at a time.
The devs need to fix the combat system first of all, before they suck up our hard earned dollars by putting out JTL first. My view is why put out a new product when the one you have out is basically incomplete due to all of the bugs and flaws in the system?
Secondly, the AFK campers and such need to be nerfed somehow, it gets to the point of being rediculous. Especially when you have players out there who are actually playing and not macroing for their hard earned items and credits, who cannot find a spot to kill NPC's because of AFK campers..
Thirdly, Why can these annoying, afk, spamming, gits infront of the starports use the CHANNEL provided to sell and advertise their crap? Why why why? lol
And just a question.. why in the name of the gods would I want a used pair of hotpants or some smelly boots as loot? That just seems unsanitary to me.. 
Of course, not many things about this game can really be considered as 'logical' now can they? *sigh*
Just my 2 credits
BlueTygur
Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:47 am
#257
I like the loot kit idea. The drop rate (since the patch increasing it) seems about right now, except for those dang adhesives!
I like the fact that they are rare. A new character can easily kill some of the npcs that drop the parts, and quickly sell them for quite a lot of credits. This game very much NEEDS rare items that people can spend some of their accumulated credits on, without causing balance problems (eg, for combat, crafting, etc).
I have not yet completed a kit. I have been killing the npcs a lot, ever since the patch. I have about 47 different kit parts. I have looted about4 times that many counting duplicates, whichI sold for lots of money. I have found only ONE adhesive (yesterday) and that just happened to be for a kit that I am still missing parts to (DOH).
My main complaint is that my inventory is swamped by all these parts that I cannot complete. I wish that either 1) they would increase the adhesive drop rate, or (preferably) 2) allow us to have more than one kit at a time, and load them up so that they (partially loaded kits) take up only one inventory slot. That would make it a lot more fun to collect the items, and would ease the strain on their DB as well
wickedHangover
Mon Aug 09, 2004 5:02 am
#258
I'm sorry if this has been asked in the many pages here, but:
Will new loot kitsbe added to the game in the future?
Kharrissa
Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:30 am
#259
"Will new loot kitsbe added to the game in the future?"
Probably. Instead of real content.
IpigPiachoep
Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:16 pm
#260
I like the loot kits and think they are a great addition. Also I take back what I said about no notice on the loot kit drop rates. After alot of hunting I have completed all 5 kits. 